Tuesday, November 2, 2010

British MPs Urge The U.S. Government To Shut Down Videos That Promote Jihad And Hate On Youtube

More than 5,000 postings featuring Awlaki's videos were available on YouTube yesterday Photo: YOUTUBE

White House 'Must Shut Down Hate Videos On YouTube' -- The Telegraph

Ministers have urged the White House to order US websites hosting al-Qaeda videos to remove them after a student inspired by online sermons tried to murder a Labour MP.


Roshonara Choudhry, 21, became the first al-Qaeda fanatic to attempt a political assassination in Britain when she stabbed Stephen Timms at his constituency surgery in May.

After she was convicted of attempted murder yesterday, it emerged that British-born Choudhry had been radicalised by watching internet videos of Anwar al-Awlaki, the Yemen-based terrorist wanted over last week's parcel bomb plot to blow up aircraft.

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My Comment: 1rst amendment rights are sacred in the U.S., therefore any attempts to regulate speech will be met with opposition. However, I believe that since there are laws that prohibit videos like child pornography, violence and abuse, etc. .... a means to legally ban those videos that promote hate and violence can probably be legislated and upheld in the courts.

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